OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14503148
MAINTENANCE,FALL,AERIAL LIFT
Event description
FALL FROM (OR WITH) AN AERIAL LIFT
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS SERVICING PARKING LOT LIGHTS WHILE STANDING IN THE BASKET OF AN AERIAL LIFT. THE LIFT SUDDENLY RETRACTED, THROWING THE EMPLOYEE TO THE GROUND. H E WAS KILLED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 25
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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